![]() She did not miss the fact that he’d been a lion mere minutes earlier. “I am not certain what I have is desirable.” Force her friends to desert her.” She looked into the darkness. “You saw me goad a girl into insulting me. “I’ve seen no evidence that you are not.” ![]() The father you desire for your daughter.” That smile flashed again, sending a thread of excitement pooling in her stomach. There was a long moment as Georgiana considered his offer. “They adore the way I keep them entertained.” “Fortune has nothing to do with it.” He paused, then added, “There’s little love lost between me and Society.” “Surely this is the best fortune a girl on a dark balcony has ever had.” “Wouldn’t you rather know precisely with whom you are dealing?” That handsome mouth curved in wicked temptation. “Why trust you when you’ve just admitted you’re in this to sell newspapers?” She caught her breath at the delicate, wonderful touch. ![]() The feather painted its way over the soft skin above her glove and below her sleeve, at the inside her elbow. As though she did not have control over herself. “Perhaps not.” He reached for her hand and she stretched her arm out to him as though she were a puppet on strings. ![]() “It sounds as though you are offering me an alliance.” Somehow, the cold March night became hot as the sun. ![]() “I think you have more than you can imagine.” Instead, she felt a little tug at her coif, and his hand came away, a snowy white egret feather in his grasp. ![]()
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